14/09/2012

Top 200 Most Popular Names in England and Wales in 1890

I have been busy compiling rankings for the most popular births in England and Wales in the 19th century from the original scanned pages of the England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915. Last month I researched the Top 200 Names in 1900 and am slowly working my way backwards through the decades. I have just completed the Top 200 most popular names for 1890.

Disclaimer: It should be noted that the data is not without its flaws. Births were originally recorded by a registrar (in their own handwriting) which were later typed up into the register. Some names are invariably recorded incorrectly and it is impossible to know where the mistake was made. Also, I have been compiling the ranks myself, and while I have endeavored to record the number of names as accuarely as possible I am also liable to human error. This, however, should not affect the rankings very much overall..

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William

John

George

Thomas

James

Arthur

Charles

Frederick

Albert

Henry

Joseph

Ernest

Alfred

Robert

Harry

Walter

Edward

Frank

Herbert

Richard

Harold

Percy

Samuel

David

Fred

Francis

Sidney

Stanley

Leonard

Edwin

Reginald

Sydney

Horace

Bertie

Benjamin

Tom

Edgar

Cecil

Alexander

Daniel

Willie

Archibald

Wilfred

Peter

Ralph

Stephen

Wilfrid

Philip

Christopher

Isaac

Hugh

Cyril

Norman

Bernard

Lewis

Michael

Matthew

Hubert

Percival

Andrew

Gilbert

Evan

Patrick

Bertram

Edmund

Victor

Leslie

Louis

Jesse

Lawrence

Oliver

Mark

Clifford

Douglas

Reuben

Owen

Maurice

Abraham

Charlie

Arnold

Lionel

Martin

Jonathan

Sam

Howard

Gerald

Jack

Joe

Rowland

Eric

Roland

Jacob

Wallace

Clarence

Anthony

Gordon

Oscar

Donald

Frederic

Morris

Raymond

Clement

Joshua

Claude

Ronald

Vincent

Claud

Oswald

Allan

Amos

Ivor

Laurence

Allen

Eli

Enoch

Augustus

Kenneth

Geoffrey

Alan

Josiah

Moses

Ben

Archie

Ellis

Charley

Griffith

Nicholas

Cornelius

Elijah

Ambrose

Dennis

Colin

Nathan

Aaron

Austin

Timothy

Simon

Solomon

Basil

Rupert

Luke

Nathaniel

Jim

Paul

Gwilym

Rees

Guy

Llewellyn

Nelson

Theodore

Cuthbert

Morgan

Aubrey

Adam

Job

Jeremiah

Roger

Vernon

Lancelot

Alec

Godfrey

Montague

Levi

Denis

Wilson

Herman

Bert

Elias

Leo

Harvey

Valentine

Ebenezer

Noah

Israel

Hyman

Algernon

Emmanuel

Ephraim

Luther

Malcolm

Roy

Harris

Stuart

Noel

Trevor

Humphrey

Isaiah

Carl

Jabez

Septimus

Dudley

Eugene

Leopold

Russell

Dan

Spencer

Dick

Vivian

Simeon

Eustace

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Mary

Elizabeth

Florence

Annie

Alice

Edith

Ethel

Sarah

Margaret

Ellen

Emily

Ada

Lily

Elsie

Mabel

Gertrude

Jane

Lilian

Beatrice

Dorothy

Emma

Nellie

Rose

Maud

Catherine

Louisa

Hilda

Eliza

Agnes

Martha

Ann

Minnie

Clara

Daisy

May

Winifred

Hannah

Frances

Kate

Jessie

Amy

Harriet

Violet

Gladys

Lucy

Bertha

Eva

Eleanor

Grace

Charlotte

Fanny

Isabella

Laura

Caroline

Esther

Olive

Amelia

Dora

Ruth

Bessie

Maria

Lizzie

Eveline

Constance

Maggie

Ida

Kathleen

Helen

Rachel

Rosina

Lydia

Ivy

Rosa

Matilda

Nora

Doris

Florrie

Rebecca

Julia

Susan

Henrietta

Evelyn

Phoebe

Mildred

Blanche

Susannah

Selina

Nelly

Janet

Marion

Norah

Isabel

Miriam

Muriel

Rhoda

Sophia

Helena

Flora

Lillie

Georgina

Ella

Anne

Leah

Betsy

Irene

Adelaide

Millicent

Marjorie

Marian

Bridget

Lavinia

Gwendoline

Phyllis

Harriett

Rosetta

Lottie

Theresa

Ruby

Lena

Polly

Christina

Cecilia

Maude

Priscilla

Barbara

Anna

Marie

Lilly

Margery

Katie

Hetty

Edna

Nancy

Louise

Blodwen

Vera

Rosanna

Blanch

Louie

Marguerite

Alma

Jennie

Jenny

Josephine

Eunice

Phillis

Sybil

Clarice

Adeline

Emmeline

Christiana

Cicely

Katherine

Letitia

Lillian

Madeline

Celia

Carrie

Rosie

Lois

Florry

Gwladys

Thirza

Stella

Margaretta

Effie

Catharine

Jemima

Sylvia

Mercy

Naomi

Teresa

Clarissa

Susanna

Dinah

Myra

Augusta

Florie

Johanna

Linda

Hester

Deborah

Victoria

Leonora

Dorothea

Christine

Lotty

Gwenllian

Wilhelmina

Flossie

Millie

Rosalie

Madge

Enid

Joan

Milly

Alberta

Prudence

Eileen

Gwendolen

Honora

Statistics compiled by Eleanor Nickerson at britishbabynames.com No unauthorised copying without credit or permission.

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The names in the Top 100 do not show a great deal of change between 1890 and 1900, though the rankings do shift around much more the further down the list you get. Names such as Victor, Leslie, Clifford, Jack, Eric, Donald, Violet, Gladys, Olive, Kathleen, Ivy, Doris and Evelyn were all several places lower in 1890 than 1900. Wilfrid, Isaac, Matthew, Louis, Jesse, Oliver, Mark, Charlie, Maud, Eliza, Ann, Maria, Lizzy and Susan, on the other hand, were all several places higher in 1890 than 1900.

Comments

Top 200 Most Popular Names in England and Wales in 1890

I have been busy compiling rankings for the most popular births in England and Wales in the 19th century from the original scanned pages of the England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915. Last month I researched the Top 200 Names in 1900 and am slowly working my way backwards through the decades. I have just completed the Top 200 most popular names for 1890.

Disclaimer: It should be noted that the data is not without its flaws. Births were originally recorded by a registrar (in their own handwriting) which were later typed up into the register. Some names are invariably recorded incorrectly and it is impossible to know where the mistake was made. Also, I have been compiling the ranks myself, and while I have endeavored to record the number of names as accuarely as possible I am also liable to human error. This, however, should not affect the rankings very much overall..

The Top 200 names in England and Wales in 1890:

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William

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Thomas

James

Arthur

Charles

Frederick

Albert

Henry

Joseph

Ernest

Alfred

Robert

Harry

Walter

Edward

Frank

Herbert

Richard

Harold

Percy

Samuel

David

Fred

Francis

Sidney

Stanley

Leonard

Edwin

Reginald

Sydney

Horace

Bertie

Benjamin

Tom

Edgar

Cecil

Alexander

Daniel

Willie

Archibald

Wilfred

Peter

Ralph

Stephen

Wilfrid

Philip

Christopher

Isaac

Hugh

Cyril

Norman

Bernard

Lewis

Michael

Matthew

Hubert

Percival

Andrew

Gilbert

Evan

Patrick

Bertram

Edmund

Victor

Leslie

Louis

Jesse

Lawrence

Oliver

Mark

Clifford

Douglas

Reuben

Owen

Maurice

Abraham

Charlie

Arnold

Lionel

Martin

Jonathan

Sam

Howard

Gerald

Jack

Joe

Rowland

Eric

Roland

Jacob

Wallace

Clarence

Anthony

Gordon

Oscar

Donald

Frederic

Morris

Raymond

Clement

Joshua

Claude

Ronald

Vincent

Claud

Oswald

Allan

Amos

Ivor

Laurence

Allen

Eli

Enoch

Augustus

Kenneth

Geoffrey

Alan

Josiah

Moses

Ben

Archie

Ellis

Charley

Griffith

Nicholas

Cornelius

Elijah

Ambrose

Dennis

Colin

Nathan

Aaron

Austin

Timothy

Simon

Solomon

Basil

Rupert

Luke

Nathaniel

Jim

Paul

Gwilym

Rees

Guy

Llewellyn

Nelson

Theodore

Cuthbert

Morgan

Aubrey

Adam

Job

Jeremiah

Roger

Vernon

Lancelot

Alec

Godfrey

Montague

Levi

Denis

Wilson

Herman

Bert

Elias

Leo

Harvey

Valentine

Ebenezer

Noah

Israel

Hyman

Algernon

Emmanuel

Ephraim

Luther

Malcolm

Roy

Harris

Stuart

Noel

Trevor

Humphrey

Isaiah

Carl

Jabez

Septimus

Dudley

Eugene

Leopold

Russell

Dan

Spencer

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Simeon

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Mary

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Florence

Annie

Alice

Edith

Ethel

Sarah

Margaret

Ellen

Emily

Ada

Lily

Elsie

Mabel

Gertrude

Jane

Lilian

Beatrice

Dorothy

Emma

Nellie

Rose

Maud

Catherine

Louisa

Hilda

Eliza

Agnes

Martha

Ann

Minnie

Clara

Daisy

May

Winifred

Hannah

Frances

Kate

Jessie

Amy

Harriet

Violet

Gladys

Lucy

Bertha

Eva

Eleanor

Grace

Charlotte

Fanny

Isabella

Laura

Caroline

Esther

Olive

Amelia

Dora

Ruth

Bessie

Maria

Lizzie

Eveline

Constance

Maggie

Ida

Kathleen

Helen

Rachel

Rosina

Lydia

Ivy

Rosa

Matilda

Nora

Doris

Florrie

Rebecca

Julia

Susan

Henrietta

Evelyn

Phoebe

Mildred

Blanche

Susannah

Selina

Nelly

Janet

Marion

Norah

Isabel

Miriam

Muriel

Rhoda

Sophia

Helena

Flora

Lillie

Georgina

Ella

Anne

Leah

Betsy

Irene

Adelaide

Millicent

Marjorie

Marian

Bridget

Lavinia

Gwendoline

Phyllis

Harriett

Rosetta

Lottie

Theresa

Ruby

Lena

Polly

Christina

Cecilia

Maude

Priscilla

Barbara

Anna

Marie

Lilly

Margery

Katie

Hetty

Edna

Nancy

Louise

Blodwen

Vera

Rosanna

Blanch

Louie

Marguerite

Alma

Jennie

Jenny

Josephine

Eunice

Phillis

Sybil

Clarice

Adeline

Emmeline

Christiana

Cicely

Katherine

Letitia

Lillian

Madeline

Celia

Carrie

Rosie

Lois

Florry

Gwladys

Thirza

Stella

Margaretta

Effie

Catharine

Jemima

Sylvia

Mercy

Naomi

Teresa

Clarissa

Susanna

Dinah

Myra

Augusta

Florie

Johanna

Linda

Hester

Deborah

Victoria

Leonora

Dorothea

Christine

Lotty

Gwenllian

Wilhelmina

Flossie

Millie

Rosalie

Madge

Enid

Joan

Milly

Alberta

Prudence

Eileen

Gwendolen

Honora

Statistics compiled by Eleanor Nickerson at britishbabynames.com No unauthorised copying without credit or permission.

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The names in the Top 100 do not show a great deal of change between 1890 and 1900, though the rankings do shift around much more the further down the list you get. Names such as Victor, Leslie, Clifford, Jack, Eric, Donald, Violet, Gladys, Olive, Kathleen, Ivy, Doris and Evelyn were all several places lower in 1890 than 1900. Wilfrid, Isaac, Matthew, Louis, Jesse, Oliver, Mark, Charlie, Maud, Eliza, Ann, Maria, Lizzy and Susan, on the other hand, were all several places higher in 1890 than 1900.